St. James Collection by Dream Home - 12mm Brazilian Koa High Gloss Laminate Flooring- 30 Year Warranty

With a variety of 12mm V groove laminate options, from a high gloss to a warm low gloss finish, and with deep, warm to medium hues, this spectacular flooring makes a stunning floor!St. James offers a regal alternative. The V groove makes it a snap to install and the random lengths give your floors a real wood look and feel. At 12mm, the St. James Collection is very durable and comes with a 30 year warranty!

Quick Installation Tips:- Store flooring flat for 48 hours in its original packaging at room temperature. - Must be installed over a clean, stable, flat, smooth, and dry surface.- Moisture barrier is required for installations over concrete.- Make sure the panels are mixed sufficiently when you install them so that you do not end up with too many identical, light or dark panels next to each other.

IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE ADDITIONAL PADDING:Laminates having pre-attached padding can also be installed over an underlayment. When doing so, Lumber Liquidators recommends the use of Bellawood Platinum, Bellawood Premium, Quiet Walk or the Eco Silent Sound underlayment. These quality underlayments offer best joint/seam support while ensuring superior thermal sound reduction qualities, these properties are highly recommended for use with condominium associations, project planners and building specifiers.

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We caught up with real Lumber Liquidators' customers who volunteered to discuss their floor shopping, buying and installation experiences. In no way did these customers receive compensation for their kind words. (They're speaking straight from the heart.)

My husband is a contractor/home builder and had a difficult time installing this laminate. It was our 3rd choice as the store did not have enough of our first two choices. It's a beautiful floor but if I had paid attention to the fact that it is high gloss, I wouldn't have settled for it as it does show dirt/dust. Overall, we get compliments on the floor and it is stunning.

We are redoing our whole home with it with the exception of the bathrooms. We were able to get three rooms and the hallway in 3 days. We had virtually no waste at all with this product. The colors are great, and the product is easy to install.

Service and delivery comments:

We ordered the flooring in Maine to pick up in Florida and it was ready for pick up even before the projected date. Our product was in great condition.

This floor is looks great! I think it is one of the best floors I've seen. It is a darker rich cherry tone. Its 12MM Laminate, and has a pad attached to it. also I wanted additional padding because i didn want that hollow sound when walking on it, the sound that screams I'm fake! With this 12mm laminate and the BELLAWOOD Premium Underlayment I used, you can't hardly hear any knocking sound. It sounds very solid when you walk on it. With 2 kids and a dog I more6 afraid that I would never get any sleep due to the loud sounds that comes with laminate. Not with this floor, its very quite. Also my wife's dog is a Puggle and so far no scratches ont he floor. Bamboo and natural hardwood are much more expensive and scratch very eailsy. The dog is aout 25-30 lbs and runs all over and the floor holds up great. I could not be happier. Had installed in March and its now August. Still in excellent shape, Im excited to see how well it the Underlayment works. Installed in a Split Foyer home with a full finished basement under the living room and dining room and a garage under the hallway. Im looking to have the underlament help keep the floor somewhat warmer than none at all.

The floors I installed appear to have a uniform wax coating on all boards. I don't know if this was from the manufacturer or from my installer (perhaps cleaning the floors with a product that created this coating). I have been able to remove some of the coating using a plain towel and lots of elbow grease but this would take days and days of full-time effort to clear the whole floor. What would be the best way to remove the wax?

Use a throw rug with proper backing to protect your flooring under the dogs bowls.

Answered on 4/29/2014 by Tech & Install

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Before installing our floor what is the maximum height recommended if you have an uneven floor to know if we should level it out first? We may also install the noise padding which we thought would help with the uneven floor.

Minor chip or scratch damage to a laminate plank can be repaired with laminate repair kits and color-matched silicon/latex fillers. If the damaged area is larger than ½” of an inch, a professional can replace an entire plank.

Answered on 2/27/2014 by Tech & Install

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Hi, I bought the Brizillian Koa 12mm-Dream Home- St. James, 4 years ago and had a flood 2 wks ago, just bought 5 new boxes of flooring only to find out that the tongue and grove was changed 1 yr ago and the new flooring can not be added to the existing floor. how can I get 5 boxes from before the change?Only 1/5 of my floor needs to be replaced.

Unfortunately I do not have access to inventory but our Sales Department can look for inventory nationwide to see if it is available in one of our store locations. Please call our Sales Dept. (800) 476-0007 for availability of this product. Thank you for your inquiry.

Answered on 2/13/2014 by cc-3

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Would this brazilian koa laminate be a better choice to use to reduce scraches from dogs and overall durability verse the engineered brazilian koa

This product question would be better answered by our Sales Department, they are more familiar with all of our flooring products and can better assist you with your questions.Please call our Sales Dept. @ (800) 476-0007 for pricing and availability. Despite today's advanced technology, water spills, dirt and other abrasive substances can damage a wood floor's finish. Location, traffic patterns, how often the floor is vacuumed and cleaned, children and/or pets are all factors that influence wear and durability.Thank you for your inquiry.

Answered on 2/3/2014 by cc-2

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I saw conflicting answers on a previous question of using this flooring in bathrooms. We wanted to install the same flooring in our bathroom and laundry room. I've heard conflicting advice from friends on this topic as well. We will be purchasing very soon (next week) so am highly interested in what is recommended. I would love tile but my husband doesn't like it (too cold) and I don't want linoleum.

Due to the excessive moisture present in a full bath we cannot recommend any of our solid natural flooring or laminate products for this application, I would suggest one of our vinyl Tranquility products. We have a 2mm peel and stick and now a 4 and 5mm click together products that can go in full bath areas or where moisture is a concern. Thank you for your inquiry.